2 Jul
2004
2 Jul
'04
4:24 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 02:47:16PM -0400, Joe Hartley wrote:
I inadvertantly started this thread so I may as well
chime in...
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:47:29 +0100
tim hall <tech(a)glastonburymusic.org.uk> wrote:
Weasels Ripped my Flesh is Zappa at his most genius. All from me on this
topic :))
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Jack Bowling
mailto: jbinpg(a)shaw.ca
Seeing as how one of my greatest influences
always quotes Monk as one of his,
I should study too. My interest in Jazz currently starts somewhere round
Miles Davis. Clearly I never listened to Frank Zappa's lyrics properly
(favourite Zappa is 'Hot Rats' and SUAPYG, which may explain ;-)
I actually hear certain similarities between Monk and FZ in terms of
angular melodies (that would bug most people), the use of discordant sounds
to wake you up or change a mood in a piece, and a sense of time that
isn't kept by counting to 4 over and over again.